New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-26

deficiency DO be added the end Of the year. Inc
Jurors fees which were $4,000 In 1881, were
$40 900 in $50. and promise to be still more
this year. This is what may be called Pan
Electric Reform
| The insurance men whose business has called
them to Buffalo since the fire, are said 50 'he
Commercial OF that city states. to go to Rochcs
ter 10 sleep because they do not regard the Buffalo
hotels as safe. IL this is so Buffalo may well be
Inundated, and feel that she cannot hold her beao
at its normal height until she has built grand
fireproof hotel
at is d)ubtlcss true. rs Governor
Wetmoro avers,r remarks "The Providence
Journal, "that the nomination for Gov
ernor came to him unsought.' The
Journal is endeavoring to defeat the Gov
emors election and place Democrat In the eA-
ecutive chair Governor Wetmorc is man OF I'M
blemishcd character, there is no blot upon either
his public or his private record. And because one
good term deserves another he was given an I'M
sought nomination without opposition from con
venton OF representative Republicans. The
journal" is trying to kick up dust on side issues
but it cannot alter these facts. The Governor de
serves the hearty support Of Republicans and
ought TO be reelected by an increased majority.
II is laughable TO hear "1he Buffalo Courier
trying to make out that Governor Hill is to be
numbered among the friends of the canals IL
Hill is friend of the canals, how did it happen that
20 no, he never mentioned them in his lasb TWO
annual messages to the Legislature?
Professor Mciee, OF the Geological Survey, has
como 20 some sensational conclusions regarding the
late Charleston earthquake. lie thinks The area
Of the disturbance extended "from Canada to
Cuba, and from the Mississippi to the Bermudas'
or over nearly million and quarter square miles
Some scientific men have been disposed N think
that the earthquake covered larger area ever
than this, basing their theory upon coincident
seismic shocks in widely separated parts OF the
oaIths crust million and quarter square miles,
however, ought to be enough Tor mod
crate rcople Professor McGce's postscript.
like that in n lady's letter contains
tho r:ost interesting remarks lie begins
ly observing that displacement Is going on
with such astonishing rapidly that it is singular
there are not more earthquakes and then he drops
the casual statement that by-the-way. sin curious
and unconscious defiance Of the inevitable The
cities Of lhttstury. Richmond Fredericksburg
WASHINGTON, Baltimore, Port Deposit Wilmington
phladelphIa, TientCu, aod Ncw-lOrk have Dcch
located on the very line Of displacement Inns
Is cheering Information for nervous people put
they may console themselves with the renect"ns
first. thai Professor McGee's theory may be GIRO
ncous and second, that earthquakes come none the
sooner for being predicted.
The once great a. X. Cutting is reported TO be
stranded in Ncw-Orlcans, and he darldy Limits
that he will soon have to 30 To work If some
thing doesn't turn ND before long. lie says he
knows OF three hundred men who are ready at
n moments notice to shed gore in the land OF the
Montczumas; but even with Cutting at their
head, three hundred is rather small army
with which to wipe out McAico-
Many Of Secretary whtneys mistakes in naval
administration arc to be attrbutcd to erroneous
information supplied by the Office of Intelligence.
or the news counter Of tie Bureau OF Navigation |
As an illustration Of the ignorance and uncertainty
prevailing in that office months after the Ing
lish designs wcrc purchased, the description given
Of tho Rcna Regente, the vessel building III hhs-
land for Spain NAV be cited That cruiser is a
ship OF the central supefstrhctue type ike the
Eoston AMI Atlanta. while the Official plate OF the
new spanish cruiser exhibited by the bureau oil III
formal on ~ "a poop-and-forecastlc ship. Instead
Of representing the Rcra Recente as thcy supposed
they vero DOM the officials put forward n re-
production Of design No. "a winch had Deeh
purcha,ed from the Armstrong; ard had been do
clincd by the Spani h Government. On page %
Of General Information Series No. o. published
nv tic same oilicc on June g. 1870, was descllp-
t,.n of the Spanish cruiser That was incorrect IL
almost every particular. The following uoc' IN
which tie Bureaus inaccurate figures appear IN
the last column shows what capacity the officials
have for blundcring In their work: